Talk:James Edwards Sewell

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1.  R. B. Seymour Sewell is the nephew of James Edward Sewell. Link below is R.B.'s Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._B._Seymour_Sewell

The Wikipage text establishes his kinship:

"Sewell was born in 1880 in Leamington, Warwickshire. His father was the reverend Arthur Sewell, and his mother was Mary Lee (née Waring).[4] His grandfather was Robert Burleigh Sewell (1810–1872), who had a number of notable siblings, including Richard Clarke Sewell (1803–1864), William Sewell (1804–1874), Henry Sewell (1807–1879), James Edwards Sewell (1810–1903), and Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906).[5]"

2. Also, Elizabeth Sewell, the poet and writer, is James Edward Sewell's great-granddaughter - R.B. Sewell's second daughter... Her Wiki page establishes her relation to her father:

Elizabeth Sewell (writer)

"Furthermore, Elizabeth Sewell (the later) is considered to have written the classic work in Nonsense Literature: <u>The Field of Nonsense</u>  as well as have written the equally classic work, <u>The Orphic Voice</u>. Below is but one reference bestowing the classic credential on the former work:

by PJ Lucas · 1991 — the author of the '''classic''' book on '''Nonsense''', '''The Field of Nonsense'''. (London, 1952), considers "'''Nonsense''' Verse and the Child", in which quoting Lady Macbeth, Tripfornow (talk) 23:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

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I believe that File:Oxford Men and Their Colleges (1893) - photograph - page 169.jpg is a picture of this chap and could/should be added to his article, but I'm not a subject expert. It comes from the 1893 book Oxford Men and Their Colleges in which it is captioned "The Warden of New College" – and Sewell was the incumbent at the time according to the page opposite. The relevant spread from the book is here. Dave.Dunford (talk) 19:10, 8 March 2026 (UTC)